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Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Food and Drug Administration has granted wider use of a drug for juvenile arthritis. Actemra was approved to treat children aged two years or older with active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA), a rare illness for children.

The drug, made by Roche Holding AG, was approved last year as a treatment for adult arthritis patients for who don't receive an adequate response from other medications.

According to the FDA, SJIA is a potentially life-threatening illness that causes inflammation throughout the entire body.